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Male Circumcision (Adult)

Service/Procedure Summary

Adult patients are 16 years old or older. This procedure removes the foreskin of the penis.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
193 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
230 days
Instructions - Instructional text.

Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
85 days
150 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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167 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
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183 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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104 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
50 days
100 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
---
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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141 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
---
94 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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57 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
May 1 - July 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
September 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Jacob Puthenparumpil
Truro
97 days
117 days
Jeffrey George Himmelman
Halifax
110 days
114 days
David G Bell
Halifax
123 days
183 days
Kenneth Rent
Sydney
255 days
59 days
John E Grantmyre
Halifax
336 days
48 days
Peter Massaro
Truro
123 days
291 days
Ross Mason
Halifax
238 days
282 days
M Dale Miller
Sydney
153 days
415 days
Wallace T'ien
Dartmouth
215 days
433 days
Ashley Cox
Halifax
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Bruce Palmer
Kentville
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225 days
Dave Padmore
Truro
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Greg G Bailly
Halifax
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Hammad Asim
Sydney
---
104 days
John Paul McCarthy
Kentville
---
288 days
Joseph G Lawen
Halifax
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Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
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Neelakantan G. Pillai
Inverness
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Peter A Anderson
Halifax
46 days
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Trevor Butler
Kentville
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229 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
M Dale Miller
Sydney
25 days
49 days
Kenneth Rent
Sydney
47 days
37 days
Jacob Puthenparumpil
Truro
43 days
60 days
Jeffrey George Himmelman
Halifax
73 days
76 days
Ross Mason
Halifax
95 days
64 days
David G Bell
Halifax
50 days
121 days
Peter Massaro
Truro
58 days
167 days
Wallace T'ien
Dartmouth
118 days
148 days
John E Grantmyre
Halifax
258 days
36 days
Ashley Cox
Halifax
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Bruce Palmer
Kentville
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171 days
Dave Padmore
Truro
---
---
Greg G Bailly
Halifax
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Hammad Asim
Sydney
---
29 days
John Paul McCarthy
Kentville
---
208 days
Joseph G Lawen
Halifax
---
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Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
---
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Neelakantan G. Pillai
Inverness
---
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Peter A Anderson
Halifax
21 days
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Trevor Butler
Kentville
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125 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
August 1 2018 - July 31 2019
Next Update: 
September 2019
Disclaimer: Hospitals and clinics across the province provide all wait time information displayed on this website. Wait times are based on historical data and do not include emergency priority cases. Current wait times experienced by some patients may be different.

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